Bedstead-insulator.



No. 632,851. Patented Sept. l2, I899. W. SELLERS. BEDSTE-AD INSULATOR.

(Application filed June 28, 1899.;

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM SELLERS, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

BEDSTEAD-INSULATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,851, dated September 12, 1899.

Application filed June 26, 1899- To (,l/ZZ who/1t it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM SELLERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BedsteadJnsulators, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to producea bedstead-insulator that can be applied to a bedstead in place of the ordinary caster; and the invention consists of a glass foot having a vertical wooden pivot, said pivot entering into the socket of the bed-post, said bed-post resting upon the upperportion of the foot, as hereinafter described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a bedstead-insulator embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isavertical section of same.

A represents the insulator or foot, of glass and of about the form shownthat is, with a recess a in its under side and a rounding bearing-surface b, so that it will slide freely upon boards, carpets, or matting. The upper end is also formed with a recess d, leaving aledge or bearing-surface c all around same, upon which the bed-post rests, and the central portion is formed with a recess f, in which one end of a Wooden tapering pivot 13 is secured, said pivot being adapted to enter the socket in the bed-post, so that the end of the post rests upon the ledge e. The upper portion of the foot is of a diametersuitable to maintain the bed-post and the sides 0 of the foot spread out, as shown, so as to give a good bearingsurface to said post.

It will be seen that by the employment of an insulator of the construction described all Serial No, 721,828. (Nomodel-l electric connection between the bed and the ground or elements is cut off, thus releasing the occupant of the bed from the influence of the earth currents, and by the peculiar construction the insulators can readily and easily be applied to a bedstead and at the same time be free to slide over any substance upon which the bedstead and insulators are placed.

Although I have described the insulators as applied to bedsteads, itis obvious that they can be applied to any other article of furniture having a socket to receive the wooden pivot, and instead of the foot being formed of glass it might be of porcelain; but it would not work so satisfactorily.

What I claim is- 1. A bedstead-insulator consisting of a glass foot and a wooden pivot secured at its upper end, substantially as set forth.

2. Abedstead-insulator consisting ofaglass foot having a recess in its under side, a bearing-surface around same, and a recess at its upper end, having a ledge around same to sustain the end of the bed-post and a wooden pivot in the upper portion of the foot, substantially as set forth.

3. An insulator consisting of a glass foot having a smooth bearing-surface on its under side and a wooden pivot at its upper end, a bearing-surface around said pivot to form a rest for the article to which itis applied, substantially as set forth.

In testimony .Whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

YVILLIAM SELLERS.

\Vitnesses:

CALEB H. SWAN, EDWIN PLANrA. 

